Manitoba reaches 6th day with no new COVID-19 cases

Manitoba's flattening of the COVID-19 curve continues as Thursday was the province's sixth consecutive day with no new cases.

The number of active cases is now seven, one fewer thanWednesday. None of those people are in hospital.

The last time a patient was in hospital with the illness was more than two weeks ago,on May 22.

There have been 300 COVID-19 cases in Manitoba identified since the first ones in March. Of those,286 people have recovered and seven have died.

An additional 735 laboratory tests were performed yesterday. The total number of tests performed since early February is now 51,460.

WATCH | Full news conference on COVID-19 | June 11, 2020:

Manitoba government daily briefing on coronavirus: June 11

4 years ago

Duration 37:30

Provincial officials give update on COVID-19 outbreak: Thursday, June 11, 2020.

On Thursday morning, Premier Brian Pallisterannounced the draft plan for Phase 3 of the provincial reopening, which istentatively set to beginJune 21.

Manitoba eased its restrictions for Phase 2 on June 1.

That'snot enough time forconclusive evidence of success, but based on the steady run oflow case numbers and thehigh capacity in the health-care system, health officials feel it's safe to move to Phase 3, saidDr. BrentRoussin, Manitoba's chief public health officer.

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